Florida lawmakers get first taste of going against gun lobby! ‘Tarred and feathered’ gifts delivered to Florida state GOP senators after gun bill passed

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Shortly after Florida senators narrowly passed a gun-control bill, several Republican members received the jar of tar and feathers ‘gift’, hand-delivered to their offices

The bill raised the age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 and imposed a minimum three-day waiting period on gun purchases

Fla. state Sens. Jeff Brandes, Kathleen Passidomo, Keith Perry, Wilton Simpson, Kelli Stargel and Dana Young each received a jar of tar and feathers

Eleven of the Senate Republicans who voted for the measure are either termed out or do not have to face voters in Nov – The six that are up, appeared to have been targeted

The NRA urged members to email members of the Florida House and urge them to reject the amendment, but state Rifle Association head, Marion Hammer, denies the association had anything to do with the intimidation of law makers

Tarred and feathered ‘Gifts’ were delivered to GOP senators after gun bill passed in Florida Senate on Monday

Florida republican senators who voted for gun bill received ‘gift’ of tar and feathers from ‘Bradford County. Jars containing tar and feathers were delivered to the offices of some Florida GOP law makers after the bill containing gun restrictions and school safety measures passed Monday.
Shortly after the senators narrowly passed a bill that raised the age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 and imposed a minimum three-day waiting period on gun purchases, several Republican members received a gift hand-delivered to their offices: a jar of tar and feathers.

“From the Children of Bradford County,” reads a note, written in red tape across one side of the jelly jars.
“The tar and feather enemy of freedom award,” it read on the other side. On the top, the jars are decorated with a plastic “poop” emoji and a glued feather.
Senators aren’t sure who distributed the gifts to their offices, but aides say it wasn’t children. They do know that the backlash has begun in the wake of the 20-18 vote that moved the school safety bill through the Senate Monday.

Sens Jeff Brandes, Kathleen Passidomo, Keith Perry, Wilton Simpson, Kelli Stargel and Dana Young, who are facing re-election received the ominous gift of tar and feathers after the new gun measure passed in the Florida senate on Monday

Top gun lobbyist Marion Hammer who is also head of the National Rifle Association’s Florida chapter, denied the NRA has threatened any legislators

Eleven of the Senate Republicans who voted for the measure are either termed out or do not have to face voters in November.
Six of them, however, are up for re-election in November and must now face the wrath of the gun lobby if it puts someone up against them in a primary. They include Senators Jeff Brandes, Kathleen Passidomo, Keith Perry, Wilton Simpson, Kelli Stargel and Dana Young.
Marion Hammer, head of the National Rifle Association’s Florida chapter, denied the NRA has threatened any legislators. “We don’t make threats. And we never discuss our strategy,” she told the Miami Herald/Times.

Intimation or coercion? The NRA posted an alert to its members, claiming that “Senate leadership strong-armed Senators to vote in favor of the bill”

The NRA posted an alert to its members, claiming that “Senate leadership strong-armed Senators to vote in favor of the bill,” and warned that House leaders are now “trying to bully Second Amendment supports to get them to vote for the gun control package.”
“YOU and every other law-abiding gun owner is being blamed for an atrocious act of premeditated murder,” the NRA wrote.
“Neither the 3-day waiting period on all rifles and shotguns, raising the age from 18 to 21 to buy any firearm, or the bump stock ban will have any effect on crime. Despite that fact, Senate leaders rammed through gun control as part of the bill.”
The NRA urged members to email members of the Florida House and urge them to reject the amendment.